spanish speaker

Question

to describe a french speaker in french you would use word francophone, anglephone for english, etc.

In spanish what are words for spanish speaker, english speaker or french speaker or do we have a similar word?

• Please remember that proper capitalization is required in this Forum. Thank you. - Gekkosan Dec 22, 2010

Answer 1

See Lazarus1907's reply here ----> Anglófono/Francófono.

Answer 2

In english you can say things like francophone, lusophone, etc, but not really about people - it is used for things like referring to francophone Africa, i.e. french-speaking countries in Africa. In spanish you have to be more literal, e.g. 'hablante de espanol'

• "English", "French", "Spanish". Capitals are required in English. Thanks! - Gekkosan Dec 22, 2010

Answer 3

Hablante español, hablante francés y hablante inglés.